Image courtesy of KTM Motorcycles (2022)
KTM AG’s (KTM’s Motorcycles parent company) top brass headed across the pond a few weeks ago to announce their plan to expand the company's range of electric powered sportminicycles.
The announcement culminated in the unveiling of the KTM SX-E 3, which is being billed as the perfect bridge for young riders between the electric balance bikes and KTM’s competition crushing KTM SX-E 5.
Electric expansion by 2025
KTM AG spent most of their time at the North American Dealer Summit talking up their commitment to expanding their electric range. What’s nice to see from KTM is a solid plan behind their commitment and they’ve promised that the electric line up will feature more than 20 offroad models by the middle of the decade.
Economical and environmentally friendly
Hubert Trunkenpolz, KTM’s Head Marketing honcho made some wise comments about KTM’s approach to e-mobility:
“Everyone is talking about e-mobility these days. At KTM AG we are constantly pursuing developments in this field, living up to our responsibility as an innovative, sustainable company.”
“We strongly believe that e-mobility plays a role when it comes to short distance, urban mobility and small engine size. In the offroad segment, we need to consider the circumstances on the tracks, such as limited availability to charge big batteries.”
See KTM’s approached to electric motorcycles for yourself
Just like KTM, we like to think we’re pretty open to new ideas here at AMS4KTM. We’ve been very impressed with the KTM SX-E 5 and are proud to stock them.
If you’d like to see what progress in the e-mobility space looks like for off road motorcycles, why not pop in to our Tewkesbury showroom and take a look.